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Re: Seen in Print

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Sat May 07, 2022 12:31 pm

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But, but, why? Why would any toy manufacturer create that “toy”? Who or what is the intended market? I’d luv to see the marketing-research which predicted that “need”/customer base. :shock: :? :wink: :roll:
(No criticism intended; rather, wonderment.)

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Re: Seen in Print

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sat May 07, 2022 3:54 pm

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:But, but, why? Why would any toy manufacturer create that “toy”? Who or what is the intended market? I’d luv to see the marketing-research which predicted that “need”/customer base. :shock: :? :wink: :roll:
(No criticism intended; rather, wonderment.)


It is disturbing.
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Re: Seen in Print

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Sat May 07, 2022 4:49 pm

...and imagine what it would do to an adult’s reputation, particularly a man’s, to give such a “toy” as a gift to a child (?) (!)

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Re: Seen in Print

Postby robert. » Sat May 07, 2022 6:09 pm

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Re: Seen in Print

Postby robert. » Sat May 07, 2022 6:24 pm

Ronald the fry guy is a design done by artist Wizard Skull. Later a Japanese restaurant chain copied it with out consent They were sued and stopped using it. The original Ronald with pubic fries was NYC street art. Now it is a doll made in 2 sizes. limited to 200 each size. selling for $175. I wonder why Mcickey d's never went after Wizard skull for using Ronald?
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Re: Seen in Print

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun May 08, 2022 7:06 am

robert. wrote:Ronald the fry guy is a design done by artist Wizard Skull. Later a Japanese restaurant chain copied it with out consent They were sued and stopped using it. The original Ronald with pubic fries was NYC street art. Now it is a doll made in 2 sizes. limited to 200 each size. selling for $175. I wonder why Mcickey d's never went after Wizard skull for using Ronald?


Art, whether or not you agree that it is art, is pretty much immune to being sued.
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Re: Seen in Print

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun May 08, 2022 7:14 am

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Re: Seen in Print

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Sun May 08, 2022 7:43 am

I’m not sure Van Gogh would have approved.

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Re: Seen in Print

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun May 08, 2022 8:16 am

MurphOnMillerAve wrote:I’m not sure Van Gogh would have approved.


Hard to say.........he might have been there.
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Re: Seen in Print

Postby robert. » Sun May 08, 2022 9:20 am

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
robert. wrote:Ronald the fry guy is a design done by artist Wizard Skull. Later a Japanese restaurant chain copied it with out consent They were sued and stopped using it. The original Ronald with pubic fries was NYC street art. Now it is a doll made in 2 sizes. limited to 200 each size. selling for $175. I wonder why Mcickey d's never went after Wizard skull for using Ronald?


Art, whether or not you agree that it is art, is pretty much immune to being sued.

Does that apply to toys? Mcickey D’s sells Ronald dolls. 99 percent of the people out there will recognize that as Ronald.
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Re: Seen in Print

Postby up148 » Sun May 08, 2022 9:23 am

Just another example of our "Sick" anything goes and nothing is sacred society. Disgusting at all levels and reflects a very sick sense of humor/mind.

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Re: Seen in Print

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun May 08, 2022 10:25 am

robert. wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
robert. wrote:Ronald the fry guy is a design done by artist Wizard Skull. Later a Japanese restaurant chain copied it with out consent They were sued and stopped using it. The original Ronald with pubic fries was NYC street art. Now it is a doll made in 2 sizes. limited to 200 each size. selling for $175. I wonder why Mcickey d's never went after Wizard skull for using Ronald?


Art, whether or not you agree that it is art, is pretty much immune to being sued.

Does that apply to toys? Mcickey D’s sells Ronald dolls. 99 percent of the people out there will recognize that as Ronald.


Of course it does. Anything that qualifies as "art" and being done by an "artist"; usually that involves making a buck occupationally - you named the artist Wizard Skull. If these were sold as art, then they are/were/is/can be/etc. Micky would have lost and looked stupid giving this publicity which would have raised the value of these. Nothing like notoriety to increase the value.

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Re: Seen in Print

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Sun May 08, 2022 10:28 am

up148 wrote:Just another example of our "Sick" anything goes and nothing is sacred society. Disgusting at all levels and reflects a very sick sense of humor/mind.


I suspect that's what they said about all art and artists over all time until their work and they became famous years later.

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Re: Seen in Print

Postby up148 » Sun May 08, 2022 1:44 pm

Can't argue that it's all up to your view point and where you're coming from. So now we know.

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Re: Seen in Print

Postby HONDO74 » Sun May 08, 2022 2:13 pm

Immersion (Piss Christ) is a 1987 photograph by the American artist and photographer Andres Serrano. It depicts a small plastic crucifix submerged in a small glass tank of the artist's urine. The piece was a winner of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art's "Awards in the Visual Arts" competition, which was sponsored in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, a United States Government agency that offers support and funding for artistic projects.

The work generated a large amount of controversy based on assertions that it was blasphemous. Serrano himself said of the controversy: "I had no idea Piss Christ would get the attention it did, since I meant neither blasphemy nor offense by it. I've been a Catholic all my life, so I am a follower of Christ.

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